Corning unveils Gorilla Glass Victus 2 with improved drop resistance
We don’t should let you know that smartphones have gotten bigger over time. For an organization like Corning that created an issue – the longer the display screen diagonal is, the extra stress can be placed on the glass while you inevitably fumble your telephone and drop it on the ground.
That signifies that it has to maintain bettering on its robust glass formulation to maintain up with modifications in smartphone design. A few years in the past it launched Victus, then got here a plus model in 2021 and now it’s time for the sequel, Gorilla Glass Victus 2.
Concrete (left) is rougher than asphalt (proper), growing the danger of shattering (picture credit score: Corning)
The graceful (probably carpeted) flooring of your own home doesn’t current that a lot of a threat to a contemporary smartphone. Tough surfaces exterior are one other matter, although. Asphalt can go away the display screen fairly scratched up if the glass isn’t robust sufficient, concrete is even worse.
That was Corning’s goal with this technology of GG Victus – concrete. It’s a mixture of cement, sand and rocks and a type of rocks can actually wreck your day should you drop your telephone. Concrete is rougher than asphalt, the corporate makes use of 80 grit sandpaper to approximate concrete in comparison with 180 grit for asphalt. The combination of the in another way sized supplies creates an uneven floor, so a bit of gravel protruding barely can focus all of the power of the affect in a single spot. Easy flooring tiles that you just may need at dwelling unfold out the power, which actually diminishes the possibility of the glass shattering.
Utilizing lab equipment to run checks, Corning developed Victus 2, which may survive one meter (hip peak) drops onto concrete. In case you occur to be strolling on asphalt, the glass can survive drops from 2m (head peak).
Utilizing robots signifies that checks are correct and straightforward to duplicate (picture credit score: Corning)
As we mentioned, bigger telephones are an issue. Not simply due to the bigger display screen diagonal, telephones have gotten heavier too – a mean smartphone as we speak is 10% bigger and 15% heavier than one from 4 years in the past, based on Corning. Extra weight equals extra power when the telephone hits the bottom and that compounds the problem.
Surviving an affect with out shattering isn’t sufficient, nonetheless, the glass has to additionally resist scratches. These are two separate points, although they generally have the identical trigger – dropping the telephone onto a tough floor. That’s not all the time the case, pockets and desks additionally carry a threat of scratches. Additionally, with the prevalent “glass sandwich” design, Gorilla Glass is usually tasked with guarding not simply the show on the entrance but in addition the again of the telephone.
With Victus Corning believes it discovered a superb stability between drop efficiency and scratch resistance. With Victus 2 drop efficiency on tough surfaces has been preserved whereas sustaining the scratch resistance.
Smartphones adorned with Gorilla Glass Victus 2 are anticipated to succeed in the market within the subsequent few months. Which of them? Corning isn’t naming any names for now, nevertheless it maintains a record of gadgets that at the moment use GG – chances are high that the sequels to the telephones utilizing Victus(+) will go as much as model 2.
PS. We obtained to talk with Scott Forester, Division Vice President and Enterprise Director, Glass & Operations Council at Corning, and requested concerning the challenges of constructing strengthened glass for smartphones. Extra on that coming in a separate article.
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